Solaris 10 to be Released Late in 2004

ptolemu writes "The Register has the scoop on Sun's latest iteration of Solaris. The article includes some details of the new and improved features that will be included in the OS. The OS is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2004."

SO?????

[Anonymous Coward]

Will it be called SunOS 2.10 or SunOS 3.0?

Hardware?

[cujo_1111]

Sun has also added a new security tool with Solaris Privileges. This lets the root user create sub roots that can have permission, for example, to patch applications but not to touch hardware components.

How can an OS have control over a real, or non-virtual, object?

Re:so what's better, bsd, linux or solaris?

[SpaceCadetTrav]

7. Uses that funny keyboard.

Re:Sub roots

[theantipode]

Considering Debian stable, last I checked, still has the 2.2 kernel as default, I'd say you have at least a ten year wait.

That rocks ....

[jobbleberry]

I loved the first movie, I hope they recast George Cloony, but I didn't like the other 8 ....

Uh wait this isn't about the movie Solaris is it?

Re:SO?????

[cujo_1111]

So 1 = 4?
And 2 = 5 if 2 And 2 = 7 if 2 > 2.7?

I get it now...

# Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Solaris 10????!!!!??!?!?

[_ph1ux_]

I just recently saw Solaris. Not even a sequel out yet... how could they be coming out with a 10th version?

It was good I guess, but good enough for 9 sequels in 3 years??

Re:Hardware?

[trentblase]

Haven't you ever opened your CD tray from your audio program?

Arrgghh!

[jaguarxse]

Just when I finally decided to get certified in 9.....at least the upgrades aren't as prolific as with MS!

Re:so what's better, bsd, linux or solaris?

[PacoTaco]

Uses funny everything.

Re:"Solyaris" by Tartovsky

[jay-be-em]

"Solaris is so far off the radarscope of present computing these days"
You obviously have nothing to do with present computing these days. At least outside of your basement. Oh, by the way, mom called, dinner is ready.

Re:Solaris 10????!!!!??!?!?

[evn]

They're numbering in binary.

Re:You're late to this scene

[Bastian]

Solaris came out in 1972. There's been plenty of time for 9 sequels in 30-odd years. Actually, the crappy Solaris that just made the theatres in the USA is Solaris 9, but was released in the USA as Solaris 1. (It's kind of a Final Fantasy 3/6 thing) Solaris 11 is already in the process of being shot, just like Darl.

timezones & reboot

[Anonymous Coward]

with this release will i be able to change the timezone without requiring a reboot?

Re:I've been running the beta for a while....

[Bitmanhome]

What's so scary about 102MB? That's like 3 Windows updates, or half a Debian update.

Re:Is Unix Unix?

[This is outrageous!]

i called the sun support line and a guy in tweed jacket was at my door in 40 minutes with a grocery bag full of spare parts

Oh my, what /. is turning into. [eharlequin.com]

Re:I've been running the beta for a while....

[lewp]

Making fun of Windows and Debian in the same post should be every man's goal.

Re:Hardware?

[Trejkaz]

So _that's_ how the free drink holder works. Oohhhhhh...

Re:Is Unix Unix?

[Anonymous Coward]

UNIX is like sex, it's better when you don't have to fake it.

Re:Hardware?

[lewp]

Yes, by delivering a mild electrical shock to your face. Difficulties in perfecting this process are why Longhorn's ship date keeps slipping.

Re:timezones & reboot

[twoslice]

with this release will i be able to change the timezone without requiring a reboot?

Yes, I do this all the time when I fly from Chicago to LA with my laptop.

Re:A simple question

[Znork]

"It means rock-solid 64-bit UNIX on commodity x86 hardware. Very cool..."

Not really. It means a rock-solid 64-bit unix that you should be running on SPARC. And by the way, it's gonna be discontinued next month. Or wait... no, we're gonna support it. Maybe. Or maybe not. You should be running Solaris on SPARC. But wait, you can run it on x86-64. Or SPARC. But we're going to discontinue Solaris on anything but SPARC next month. Or not. Well, hey, run x86 Solaris! No, it's not supported. Yes it is. Etc. Etc. Etc.

The fact is, until Sun can get their story straight for 6 consecutive months I wont ever consider running Solaris on anything but SPARC. As long as they cant commit for more than the attention span of a stoned gnat with split personality syndrome I have serious doubts about both the stability and the level of support one will recieve for non-SPARC platforms.

Re:so what's better, bsd, linux or solaris?

[Gilesx]

> I could go on, but you should get the point by now.

That you're a Solaris fan-boy?

Solaris 10

[Anonymous Coward]

Time to dust off the old Johnny Mathis albums and try to locate the song "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late".

Re:Is Unix Unix?

[frission]

also, with as much as the company probably paid for the sparc machines and solaris and support, you could have had a couple of backups or redundancy with the linux machines :)

Re:Is Unix Unix?

[whereiswaldo]

How you do anything is how you do everything

Do you wipe your ass as fervently as you make love to your wife?